The New Design for Living

Have you ever noticed that when something isn't happening fast enough, the instinct is to push?   I've spent the past week learning a powerful lesson about divine timing, manifestation, and what we're actually meant to do when the thing we're waiting for isn't ready yet.   On this episode, we'll explore an ancient piece of wisdom that arrived at exactly the right moment:   When the fishermen are n...

The old design model had us convinced that our authority, permission and worth (just to name a few!) were all outside of ourselves, held by those in white jackets, white collars and titles. The Great Awakening is our realization of that distorted programming. This episode shows us the way home.  www. CamilleConte.com Join the community at Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@camilleconte8221/videos

Shu is an extraordinary individual whose life story and circumstances prepared him at an early age to know what children need yet often do not receive and how that impacts them as adults trying to parent their own children. Also, how the child is impacted as well and how that affects their relationship to their parents and their life. Shu talks about his two signature programs that are empowering...

Nellie Clay is an extraordinary storyteller, lyricist, singer, artist and soon to be author. Her story is nothing short of movie level inspirational. Nellie talks candidly about her recent health diagnosis and how it has affected her craft and performances, what it was like to be on stage in Nashville, perform with Woody Guthrie's family at his festival and how her fated first career job prepared...

The data is clear: women are leaving the workforce that doesn't honor their lives and moving into the growing field of owning their own business as well as becoming entrepreneur. Carrie Jean Shephard is a master business woman whose career path has covered all corners. She brings her insight and wisdom to the show. Do share with other and thanks for listening!  

Imagine a place for parents and their children, where everyone is welcome. A safe place for kids to explore, play and create while parents meet other parents and everyone feels like the space is theirs. This is exactly what The Workshop Community Center is all about and it's ED, LeeAnna Chronister has had a life filled with just the right experience to make this vision a reality. 

The Anchorage School District, like so many others, is struggling to keep up with the speed of technology and it's impact on the system. Rhiana Gay has been in the district for fourteen years, twelve as a teacher and now two years as a counselor. We take a fabulous deep dive into why the system is failing, what her vision is for the new design model and how the  parents become involved in new ways...

A MUST LISTEN TO EPISODE! Patty Ginsburg gives us an education in the League's neutrality when it comes to politics, why she's been fighting for democracy for decades now and why voting is more important than ever. She also explains open primaries and rank choice voting, gives us an update on Alaska's voter's roll now in the hands of DOJ, how that will affect Native Alaskans and what we need to do...

We begin our celebration and acknowledgment of Women's History Month with the CEO of YWCA Alaska, Jessie Lavoie. The YWCA history is fascinating as is its evolution. The funding cuts from this administration has left our non-profits scrambling. Today we learn how that's affecting this important organization that has been supporting women in Alaska for 37 years and why we need them more than ever. ...

What a conversation with the legendary Cal Williams! If there's just one show you listen to, let it be this one! From The March on Washington to Hollywood to an epiphany while stopped by police during the Civil Rights Movement, you will be inspired, entertained and moved by Cal's life story and ongoing passion for a world that works for everyone. 

Continuing our celebration of Black History Month with a focus on the history and activism of African American here in Alaska and Anchorage. Today I have the pleasure of specking with Celeste Hodge Growden, CEO and President of the Alaska Black Caucus and Ouida Morrison, the Economics Chair.  An inspiring and informative conversation that allows us once again to align ourselves with those in our c...

February is Black History Month and we kick things off with the incredible historian, archivist and community leader, Ed Wesley who offers us an astonishing history lesson in the role of African Americans in the building of the ALCAN Highway, the AK Railroad and the arrival of the Buffalo Soliders to our nation's farthest regions in their dedication to their country. Absolutely fantastic conversat...

Theresa Brown is a powerhouse in this community! We cover everything from what permaculture is, how it fits into the new design model, creating community gardens for those in need of food support and so much more! Absolutely fabulous conversation. Theresa has been gardening in Alaska for 20 years. She previously worked for Bioneers of Alaska where she was first introduced to the concept of permacu...

At a time when most of us are done with politics, including myself, Tom Begich brings a refreshing and much needed reimagined way of empowering all of us in his vision for Alaska. His consciousness is mature, inclusive and truly the new way! I highly recommend a good listen to this conversation. It's a game changer. 

The 37th Annual Folk Festival happens every January just when we need it! Veteran musician, Marianne See has been with the Anchorage Folk Festival from the beginning and brings her rich history of those early days through now in this fabulous discussion. Lucy Peckham has been the festival's sound engineer for thirty years and talks about the workshops for kids that are nestled in the festival maki...

Bob and I have an intensely lively and passionate discussion about something we both care deeply about; the importance of preserving this particular kind of cultural and societal history because of it's unique capturing of the human spirit and evolution. So good! Bob Curtis-Johnson has a rich career path having worked for the Discovery Channel and PBS. Here in Anchorage Bob's known for his work wi...

We are not going into a new year. We're going into "The In-Between." 2025 was the year of the snake and we shed everything! But what we're becoming is still ahead of us. We have another phase of transformation to go through first. The chrysalis.  We know the caterpillar and we love the butterfly but we don't like the messy, scary, dark chrysalis. Yes, like the womb, it holds life.  In the new desi...

I love Emma Hill. Her passion is so deeply rooted in community and her vision in sync with the new design model. We pay homage to her business venture, Rage City Vintage which closed on Christmas Eve. We discuss many aspects of opening and running a local business including the economy, the circulation of dollars from those who have it to those who don't through the arts and much more. Really grea...

The New Design for Shoes?! Yes! Did you know shoes have been the same for 10,000 years? That's until visionary Laura Oden realized that the answer to her own problem was literally in her hands. A remarkable, inspiring story for any business owner or entrepreneur as Laura charts her journey with lymphedema, one swollen foot and the need for a new paradigm for shoes!! Please share this with everyone...

Get ready for the best eduction lesson you ever had on earthquakes in Alaska! Austin Holland's passion and knowledge takes us deep into the earth's layers for a fascinating conversation about seismic activity, tsunami's and the best ways to stay safe during a big earthquake! Share with everyone you know!

My friend, Jeff Young went into a rapid and shocking descent off the mountain of life and in just seventeen days left his body. The experience brought me face to face with the dying process and death itself. It was shocking and devastating to my best friend, whose husband was a well known runner in Anchorage. Yet our shared spiritual consciousness gave us a chance to step into the new design for p...

There's much more to the Food Bank of Alaska than feeding Alaskans. They also feed a network of organizations that also feed Alaskans. But food security is different than our food system. Rachael Miller, who has been studying food systems for 20 years, brings her incredible insight and knowledge about how food moves from the land to our hand and the political forces that delay and even deny food s...

In the new design model, we no longer sweep anger under the rug or pretend like we don't feel it or believe it's not "lady like" to express it. We're angry, some are enraged and we all understand why! Once we feel it in a way that's healthy, once we learn how to express it in a way that alchemizes the energy, what can we learn about the power of anger? Turns out, a lot. 

This week we focus on the positive vibe that is spreading love throughout the Anchorage bowl and beyond in response to the SNAP gap and the growing number of Alaskans going without food. Simone Stewart, owner of Triple A's Soulfood in Wasilla is showing us the way!  

Lu-Anne Haukaas Lopez is one of the most extraordinary women I've ever met. Born in Colombia, South America, Lu-Anne's family was displaced from her birth country because of war, and moved to Interior Alaska where she grew up living a rural, subsistence, communal lifestyle on Ahtna Athabascan homelands. Her journey to the position of Deputy Executive Director of ACLU Alaska is a must listen.    He...